Helping Herpetofauna in the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve and the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve – Submitted by the Association of Wetland Stewards for Clayoquot and Barkley Sounds The Long Point World Biosphere Reserve, situated on the north shore of Lake Erie, has several things in common with the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. [...]
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Climate change is often in the news, but it is one of those things that can be hard to quantify. Observing the natural world can help though. The timing of when plants flower or when animals migrate are two phenomena that scientists are watching closely. As part of the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust’s Measuring Community Health [...]
As we gear up for the 2012 Call for Projects, we have scoured the final report archives for valuable lessons learned from past projects. Here is some food for thought as you consider your next CBT-funded project. Lesson #1: Just because something has not happened in the Clayoquot Sound region before should not stop you [...]
Join Chef Bobby Lax as he shakes up the Wickaninnish Community Schools kitchen with the up and coming chefs of the west coast! The Clayoquot Bioshpere Trust and the Tofino Ucluelet Culinary Guild present an inside look at the cooking and teaching skills of our very own Bobby Lax. The kids learn about spot prawns, [...]
Clayoquot Biosphere Trust (CBT) and Ucluelet Secondary School (USS) are pleased to announce the winners of the USS kayak raffle. Alexandra Meier of Switzerland has won the grand prize of a custom build Seaward kayak. The second prize of a $250 giftcard to Mountain Equipment Co-op has been awarded to Markus Jokinen from Whistler, BC. [...]
With the rain arriving this week, many of us are heading indoors to stay warm and dry. Some of you may be looking for a new page-turner to pass the dark nights. How about settling down with a draft of the CBT’s revised bylaws? All joking aside, the CBT has recently completed a review and [...]
Summer always seems to go by in no time especially when we only get a few weeks of T shirt weather sprinkled throughout June to September. This past summer holiday has been no exception and it’s hard to imagine it’s coming to an end already. It’s equally surprising to think of all the many things [...]
Presentation & discussion, “café style.” “Climate change has not been proven therefore it should not be believed.” How public misconceptions of science harm public debate about climate change. Wednesday, August 31st, 201 7:30 – 9:00 pm Darwin’s Café, Tofino Botanical Gardens No charge; refreshments available. Scientists (scientific “producers”) and the public (scientific “consumers”) each [...]
Take a quick look at some of the great submissions we’ve received so far!
by Liam Eady With the aim of gathering information and input for the upcoming Sustainability Studies course, Erin Pope, Rebecca Hurwitz and I took a boat to Maaqtusiis on Tuesday and met with some of the town’s most important members – the kids! It’s Science Week in Ahousaht, meaning there are all-day demonstrations and experiments [...]
